Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3745/KIPSTA.2011.18A.2.075

A new scheme for finding the biggest rectangle that doesn't have any obstacle  

Hwang, Jung-Hwan (건국대학교 컴퓨터.응용과학부)
Jeon, Heung-Seok (건국대학교 컴퓨터소프트웨어)
Abstract
Recently, many cleaning robots have been made with various algorithms for efficient cleaning. One of them is a DmaxCoverage algorithm which efficiently clean for the situation when the robot has a time limit. This algorithm uses Rectangle Tiling method for finding the biggest rectangle that doesn't have any obstacle. When the robot uses grid map, Rectangle Tiling method can find the optimal value. Rectangle Tiling method is to find all of the rectangles in the grid map. But when the grid map is big, it has a problem that spends a lot of times because of the large numbers of rectangles. In this paper, we propose Four Direction Rectangle Scanning(FDRS) method that has similar accuracy but faster than Rectangle Tiling method. FDRS method is not to find all of the rectangle, but to search the obstacle's all directions. We will show the FDRS method's performance by comparing of FDRS and Rectangle Tiling methods.
Keywords
Cleaning Robot; Algorithm; Map; Rectangle; Rectangle Tiling;
Citations & Related Records
연도 인용수 순위
  • Reference
1 Heung Seok Jeon, Jung Hwan Park, and Ryumduck Oh, "An Efficient Robot Coverage Algorithm Integrated with SLAM for Unknown Environments", In Proceedings of International Conference on Artificial Intelligence. pp.512-257. July 12-15, 2010. USA
2 Ian stewart, "Squaring the Square", Scientific American, pp.74-76, July, 1997.
3 http://mathworld.wolfram.com/RectangleTiling.html